The newsonomics of zero and The New York Times — Perhaps zero is the loneliest number. — That's the number The New York Times Co. — the United States' second largest newspaper company — ended up with 2012, as it reported revenues last week. The most accurate number …

Knight Foundation regrets paying Lehrer speaking fee — On Tuesday, the Knight Foundation paid Jonah Lehrer to speak at a community foundation conference. In retrospect, as a foundation that has long stood for quality journalism, paying a speaker's fee was inappropriate.

Broadcasters blame zombie hack on easy passwords — (Reuters) - Poor password security allowed hackers to broadcast a bogus warning on TV networks that the United States was under attack by zombies, broadcasters said, and one expert in the technology said the emergency channel they broke into remained vulnerable.

Vimeo Gets Its Own GIF App by Buying Echograph — Digital media question of the moment: What's your GIF strategy? — I don't know why the digital hive mind has fixated on GIFs and GIF-like animations in the last year, and I don't know how much longer they'll be interested in them. But for now, they are.

Blogonomics, Maria Popova edition — Back in May, Kickstarter looked as though it was moving upmarket. Following Bob Lefsetz's lead, I said that “while Kickstarter was originally embraced by the undiscovered and impecunious, its greatest potential, in the music industry …

Why newspaper sports journalists don't like Deadspin — From TIM MULLIN: It's worth considering that the whole Toledo Blade reaction to the Deadspin piece may be about something else. — Deadspin really breaks the unspoken, but long-standing tradition that sports reporters only cover what goes on between the lines.

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